Where is Cambodia?
About Cambodia
The Land
The People
Life and Death
Health, Energy and the Environment
Education and Work
Travel, Communication and the Media
Cambodia is an above average size country in the south east of mainland Asia.
Cambodia has a border on the Gulf of Thailand.
The land is mostly low flat plains with mountains in the south west and north.
The geographical coordinates for the centre of Cambodia, also known as lines of latitude and longtitude, are:-
Latitude - 13 00N
Longitude - 105 00E
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The Cambodian flag is 3 horizontal stripes
of blue, at the top, a double width red and blue again at the bottom. There is a white 3-towered temple representing Angkor Wat in the centre of the red stripe. The temple
is outlined in black. Angkor Wat is a collection of temples in the country and the largest religious monument in the world.
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The total land area of Cambodia is 176,515 sq kms which is the 26th largest in Asia.
Cambodia has lakes, rivers and canals which total 4,520 sq kms.
Cambodia has boundaries with 3 countries
Cambodia has a coastline of 443 kms which is the 28th longest in Asia.
The highest point in Cambodia is Phnum Aorai at 1,810 metres.
The total population of Cambodia is 15.96 million people, making it the 27th largest country in Asia by population.
Of this number 8.21 million are females and 7.75 million are males.
A person from Cambodia is called a Cambodian.
To be a citizen of Cambodia, one of your parents must be a citizen of Cambodia. It is not sufficient to be born in Cambodia. You have to live in Cambodia for
7 years before you can begin to apply for citizenship.
The largest five cities in Cambodia, by population are:-
The birth rate in Cambodia is 23.4 births per 1,000 of population
The death rate in Cambodia is 7.6 deaths per 1,000 people.
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the population will decrease unless immigrants arrive in the country.
There are 41.9 deaths of girls under 1 year per 1,000 of births and 55.2 deaths of boys.
The median age for females is 26.0 and for males is 24.6. The median age is that age which divides the population exactly in half so there are the same number
of people above the median age as below it.
The average age of a woman when she has her first child is 22.9.
The elderly dependency ratio is 6.4. This is the number of elderly people (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64).
The potential support ratio is 15.6. This is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.
Cambodia spends 5.7% of its total income on health care.
There are 0.17 doctors per 1,000 people.
There are 0.7 hospital beds per 1,000 people.
3.9% of the population are estimated as obese.
100% of the urban population and 69.1% of the rural population 100% of Cambodians have drinking water that is either piped into their home or they have access to a public tap, a protected borehole, well, spring or
protected rainwater collection facility.
88.1% of the urban population and 30.5% of the rural population have access to a flushing toilet that is connected to a sewer. a pit latrine (that is a
permanent hole in the ground that is looked after) or a composting toilet.
Cambodia spends 1.9% of its total income on education.
Children usually start school at age 6 in Cambodia. Primary education is for six years until age 12 and lower secondary education can continue till 15
and higher secondary education can continue until 18. None of this education is compulsory. It may be followed
by further education at a university or college.
Generally the school year runs from October until July.
70.5% of females and 84.5% of males are able to read and write by the age of 15.
1.6% of all people aged between 16 and 24 are not in work. Among females 1.4% are unemployed while with males 1.8% can't find work.
The total number of people available for work in Cambodia is 7.90 million.
They work in the following sectors.
There are 6 paved airports in Cambodia, which is the 42nd highest number in Asia.
There are 642 kilometres of railways in Cambodia, the 31st longest in Asia.
There are 3,607 kilometres of roads in Cambodia, which means Cambodia is in 41st place for the most kilometres of roads in Asia.